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Dutch elm disease is now found throughout the United States except in areas of the Southwest that have limited elm populations, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

But in 2022, the Burtons got new, unwanted tenants: elm leaf beetles. Hundreds of the insects appeared in the house, which the couple could no longer rent out.

Dutch elm disease has been detected in trees in Edmonton. The costly and deadly fungus poses a threat to all species of elm trees in Alberta, including 90,000 elm trees owned by the city.

The beetles are attracted to weak and dying trees, which serve as breeding sites. Once the beetles reach adulthood and take wing, they fly to healthy elms to feed, bringing the fungus with them.

In Alberta, both Dutch elm pathogens and the elm bark beetles that carry them — are named declared pests and the province has been largely successful in keeping the disease out.

“Beetles that carry Dutch elm disease are most likely to be brought to Edmonton in firewood, so remember to always ‘burn it where you buy it.'” ...

But the emblematic trees fell prey to pests — first elm-leaf beetles, bark borers, and leopard moths in the early 1900s, then Dutch elm disease in the 1970s.